Last updated: 29 September 2024
Who We Are
We are Akshar Aakaar Architects—a Jaipur-based firm specializing in architecture and interior design. Our website address is: https://aksharaakaararchitects.com.
Introduction
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.
Hosting and Security
Our website is hosted by Kinsta, which provides us with secure and reliable hosting services. We also use Cloudflare for website security and performance optimization. Cloudflare may collect certain information about your visit to protect our site from malicious activity and improve loading times.
Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
When you fill out our contact form, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and any additional information you choose to provide. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiries and is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login Page: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Account Login: When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
- Editing and Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects data such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site. This information helps us improve our website and provide a better user experience. Google Analytics uses cookies to track this information.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your information with:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business (e.g., Kinsta, Cloudflare, Google Analytics).
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- User Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
- Contact Form Submissions: Information submitted through the contact form is retained for customer service purposes but is not used for marketing purposes.
- Analytics Data: Google Analytics retains data for the period specified in their data retention settings.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including servers in the United States where our service providers are located.
Security Measures
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmitting or storing data is completely secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: 71, SHREE GOPAL NAGAR, GOPALPURA BYEPASS, TONK ROAD, JAIPUR-302018